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Old 10-10-09, 09:20 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Navarre View Post
FSX and FS9 in common with all previous versions will not let you fly directly over the north pole because it is not a spherical world environment
But that is the only area where the problem occurs...everywhere else the World in FS is round. You fly using Great Circle navigation. Look at any flight plan in FSnavigator or FScommander rendered on the optional "flat map"...it's a big curve!
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